Incident resolved between Birmingham Snow Hill and Rowley Regis: disruption is expected until 22:30 

Route(s) affected

Chiltern Railways between London Marylebone and Stourbridge Junction

West Midlands Railway between Whitlocks End / Birmingham Snow Hill and Kidderminster, between Stratford-upon-Avon / Dorridge and Worcester Shrub Hill / Worcester Foregate Street, and also between Leamington Spa and Worcester Foregate Street

Description

An earlier broken down train at Jewellery Quarter has now been moved, allowing services to begin running through this station again.

As service recovers, trains running between Birmingham Snow Hill and Rowley Regis may still be cancelled, delayed by up to 20 minutes or revised.

Disruption is expected to continue until 22:30.

Customer advice:

West Midlands Railway

You may use your ticket on the following at no extra cost:

• Alternative West Midlands Railway services on routes as follows:

  • Birmingham New Street - Droitwich Spa - Worcester - Great Malvern

  • Birmingham New Street - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Sandwell & Dudley

  • Stourbridge Town and Stourbridge Junction to connect between bus and rail services

• West Midlands Metro between Birmingham Grand Central - Corporation Street - Bull Street - Snow Hill (for Snow Hill Station) - Jewellery Quarter - The Hawthorns - West Bromwich Central

• National Express West Midlands bus routes as follows:

  • Bus routes 4 / 4H / 4M between Walsall - Tame Bridge Parkway - West Bromwich (for West Midlands Metro) - Oldbury - Blackheath - Sandwell & Dudley - Rowley Regis - Cradley Heath.

  • Bus routes 8A / 8C between Duddeston (nearby) - Adderley Park - Small Heath - Five Ways (for Birmingham New Street / CrossCity) - Hockley

  • Bus route 9 between Birmingham - Halesowen Interchange - Cradley Heath (nearby) - Lye - Stourbridge Town

  • Bus routes 12 / 12A between Birmingham - Langley Green - Dudley

  • Bus route 13 between Birmingham - Langley Green

  • Bus route 16 betweenWolverhampton - Stourbridge

  • Bus route 80 between Birmingham - Five Ways - Smethwick Galton Bridge - West Bromwich

  • Bus route 87 between Birmingham - Smethwick Rolfe Street (nearby) - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Oldbury (nearby to Sandwell & Dudley) - Dudley

  • Bus route X10 between Birmingham - Old Hill - Cradley Heath - Merry Hill

  • Bus route X7 between Wolverhampton - Dudley - Smethwick Rolfe Street (nearby) - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Birmingham

  • Bus route X8 Wolverhampton - Dudley - Bearwood - Birmingham (nearby New Street and Snow Hill Station)

If you're travelling between Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Worcester, there aren't any arrangements with local bus operators to accept tickets. Please keep your bus tickets as West Midlands Railway will consider reimbursing expenses on a case-by-case basis.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.

Compensation:

You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.